Square Enix is suspending the gross sales and supply of Final Fantasy XIV Starter Edition and Complete Edition, as a result of it is doing too properly and the corporate cannot sustain. The determination applies to each bodily and digital variations of the sport and shall be enforced within the coming weeks. It’s a gradual course of that may take a while and would require coordination with retail companions — in the meanwhile, each variations are nonetheless accessible in digital recreation shops — however the firm says it will likely be coordinating with these companions “as swiftly as possible.” 

FFXIV gamers have been fighting prolonged queues ever because the Endwalker growth got here out in late November. They nonetheless have to attend hours to get right into a server and be capable to play the sport. In its announcement, Square Enix defined it has to droop FFXIV gross sales as a result of the “dense concentration of play hours… far exceed [its] server capacity, especially during the peak times.” The developer previously said that it is unable so as to add extra Worlds or servers previous to Endwalker’s launch to make sure that it might accommodate all gamers because of the world semiconductor scarcity.

FFXIV director and producer Naoki Yoshida issued an apology in early December for the continuing subject and granted seven days of free recreation time to all gamers who personal the complete model of the sport and have an energetic subscription. In his latest put up, he mentioned Square Enix is now giving these gamers an extra 14 days. 

In addition to halting FFXIV gross sales, the corporate will prioritize the logins of individuals with an energetic subscription going ahead. It will now not settle for free trial subscriptions, and present free trial gamers will not be capable to log in exterior of late night time and early morning hours anymore.